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4.25 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Tennis fans will love this book. I actually don't follow tennis, but still found the book to be engaging and entertaining.
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Es 1994 y Carolina “Carrie” Soto está sentada en las gradas del US Open, lista para ver como la joven y veloz Nicki Chan le arrebata el mayor logro de su vida: ser la tenista con más títulos de Grand Slam en la historia.
Carrie Soto sabe que sus mejores momentos han quedado en el pasado, pero también sabe que la misma fuerza, sacrificio y perseverancia que la llevaron a ser la mejor tenista del mundo, es la misma que la hará regresar una última vez a la cancha de tenis para combatir una vez más por el título que tanto le constó conseguir.
Ver a Nicki arrebatarle el título, hace recordar a Carrie los mejores momentos de su carrera. En ese momento, volvemos al pasado y vemos a través de sus ojos como fue su ascenso en el mundo deportivo y lo difícil que fue llegar a ser la mejor del mundo.
Estamos en 1956 y Javier, un ex tenista argentino apodado “El tigre”, quien se ha mudado a Estados Unidos, conoce a Alicia, la madre de Carrie, con quien no tarda en casarse. Un año después nace Carrie, quien desde temprana edad aprende a jugar tenis con su papá.
Todo cambia cuando Alicia, su madre, fallece en un accidente de tráfico, lo que deja a Carrie y a su padre, solos en el mundo. A pesar de ser un momento difícil, Carrie se refugia en el tenis y pronto se convierte una adolescente competitiva, dura y con un temperamento difícil de digerir.
No es hasta que gana el Junior Wimbledon en 1970 en que Carrie decide que el tenis es lo que quiere para su vida. De ahí que su padre, Javier, se vuelva su entrenador personal y su guía en el mundo deportivo.
Carrie Soto es descrita como sumamente competitiva, lo que la convierte pronto en una máquina de guerra dentro del campo de juego. Sin embargo, a pesar de que Carrie es muy buena, hay muchas jugadoras que también ambicionan ser la mejor, entre ellas, Paulina Stepanova, su primer gran rival y con quien pronto desarrolla una vendetta.
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Es 1994 y Carolina “Carrie” Soto está sentada en las gradas del US Open, lista para ver como la joven y veloz Nicki Chan le arrebata el mayor logro de su vida: ser la tenista con más títulos de Grand Slam en la historia.
Carrie Soto sabe que sus mejores momentos han quedado en el pasado, pero también sabe que la misma fuerza, sacrificio y perseverancia que la llevaron a ser la mejor tenista del mundo, es la misma que la hará regresar una última vez a la cancha de tenis para combatir una vez más por el título que tanto le constó conseguir.
Ver a Nicki arrebatarle el título, hace recordar a Carrie los mejores momentos de su carrera. En ese momento, volvemos al pasado y vemos a través de sus ojos como fue su ascenso en el mundo deportivo y lo difícil que fue llegar a ser la mejor del mundo.
Estamos en 1956 y Javier, un ex tenista argentino apodado “El tigre”, quien se ha mudado a Estados Unidos, conoce a Alicia, la madre de Carrie, con quien no tarda en casarse. Un año después nace Carrie, quien desde temprana edad aprende a jugar tenis con su papá.
Todo cambia cuando Alicia, su madre, fallece en un accidente de tráfico, lo que deja a Carrie y a su padre, solos en el mundo. A pesar de ser un momento difícil, Carrie se refugia en el tenis y pronto se convierte una adolescente competitiva, dura y con un temperamento difícil de digerir.
No es hasta que gana el Junior Wimbledon en 1970 en que Carrie decide que el tenis es lo que quiere para su vida. De ahí que su padre, Javier, se vuelva su entrenador personal y su guía en el mundo deportivo.
Carrie Soto es descrita como sumamente competitiva, lo que la convierte pronto en una máquina de guerra dentro del campo de juego. Sin embargo, a pesar de que Carrie es muy buena, hay muchas jugadoras que también ambicionan ser la mejor, entre ellas, Paulina Stepanova, su primer gran rival y con quien pronto desarrolla una vendetta.
TJR truly does not disappoint. I ate this book up!
I loved how beautiful and realistic every single character was. Carrie Soto had a much smaller cast compared to other TJR works, and it lent itself to even stronger (maybe better?? if that's even possible) characterizations than in Malibu and Daisy. Every scene completely jumped off the page. While sport was central to the book, I didn't feel overwhelmed with having to understand sport to the level Carrie or any other professional does. TJR made even the minutia of a sport I've never played or followed approachable. It was absolutely delicious.
My only note was that sometimes I could not believe some of things Carrie and Bowe did/said at their ages, but honestly that was kind of the whole point. And they turned out all the better for it by the end.
10/10 absolutely loved it
I loved how beautiful and realistic every single character was. Carrie Soto had a much smaller cast compared to other TJR works, and it lent itself to even stronger (maybe better?? if that's even possible) characterizations than in Malibu and Daisy. Every scene completely jumped off the page. While sport was central to the book, I didn't feel overwhelmed with having to understand sport to the level Carrie or any other professional does. TJR made even the minutia of a sport I've never played or followed approachable. It was absolutely delicious.
My only note was that sometimes I could not believe some of things Carrie and Bowe did/said at their ages, but honestly that was kind of the whole point. And they turned out all the better for it by the end.
10/10 absolutely loved it
Entertaining for what it is, an easy to read sports story with a hint of romance. I struggled with the main character at times, she seems pretty immature at nearly 40 so there are annoying juvenile arguments all throughout the book that don’t seem justified if she was well adjusted (which i guess is the point? but it doesn’t make her very likeable).
The plot is highly ridiculous but makes an enjoyable read. Carrie manages to compete competitively at grand slams even though its the only tennis shes playing professionally and shes been out of the sport for 5 years, but I can suspend my disbelief. I think we needed someone familiar with tennis to check over the book for many obvious errors that occur in the match descriptions. This is weird to me because I can’t imagine people completely unfamiliar with tennis would find this book interesting because so much of its action revolves around having some level of familiarity with the game.
I wish other characters had been developed a bit more, especially her main rival and her previous coach. Also I wish the author had delved a bit more into the misogyny female athletes receive and the personas they are stuck with, that all seemed a bit surface level.
Despite my many complaints, I did enjoy reading overall. Segmenting the plot into the different grand slams was effective, I liked Carries relationships with her dad and her love interest, and the book did manage to keep me rooting for her most of the time, even if I wish it didn’t keep condoning her bullshit arguments a lot of the time.
The plot is highly ridiculous but makes an enjoyable read. Carrie manages to compete competitively at grand slams even though its the only tennis shes playing professionally and shes been out of the sport for 5 years, but I can suspend my disbelief. I think we needed someone familiar with tennis to check over the book for many obvious errors that occur in the match descriptions. This is weird to me because I can’t imagine people completely unfamiliar with tennis would find this book interesting because so much of its action revolves around having some level of familiarity with the game.
I wish other characters had been developed a bit more, especially her main rival and her previous coach. Also I wish the author had delved a bit more into the misogyny female athletes receive and the personas they are stuck with, that all seemed a bit surface level.
Despite my many complaints, I did enjoy reading overall. Segmenting the plot into the different grand slams was effective, I liked Carries relationships with her dad and her love interest, and the book did manage to keep me rooting for her most of the time, even if I wish it didn’t keep condoning her bullshit arguments a lot of the time.
challenging
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
made me want to pick up tennis again
Shut up! This book was so good! I love TJR but had no feelings about tennis until now. This was a breathtakingly beautiful story. Might be my favorite TJR book I've read, and I did not see that coming.
adventurous
funny
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Taylor Jenkins Reid has written a beautiful story about perseverance, strength, athleticism, perfectionism, and acceptance of self all surrounded by the world of tennis. Carrie Soto is back. And many say she’s a bitch, but don’t forget to say “bad” (positive) when you say it. Sure, she’s tough. She’s cocky and no where near being humble. She has every right to be this way because of how hard she has worked to become the greatest tennis player in the world. With her father’s continuous gratification and coaching, Carrie was destined to be one of the greatest. She’s quite inhumane when she plays the sport. However, she severely lacks interpersonal skills. Because of this, she is lonely with the exception of tennis. As Carrie comes back to reclaim her title after retiring, she learns how to be the woman that she needs to be. Throughout her journey of coming out of retirement, Carrie Soto learns the meaning of finding joy in the game while also finding joy in life outside of the court. I truly enjoyed listening to this book. It’s diverse. It’s realistic. It’s sassy and snarky. It’s just a really good story to immerse yourself into if you want to travel back in time to the early 70s to the mid 90s.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes